Strategies for implementing the food, ecosystem, and climate nexus

Junze Zhang and Mengting Luo

Chapter 22 in The Elgar Companion to Food System Transformation for Sustainable Development, 2026, pp 299-314 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The importance of the food–energy–water nexus is widely acknowledged, with much effort dedicated to revealing its complexity. Yet the nexus is embedded within the ecosystem and is not only affected by climate change. While some studies have recognised that the nexus among food, ecosystem, and climate warrants more attention, an in-depth analysis of their direct and indirect interactions is lacking. To this end, this chapter aims to develop a systematic analytical framework for a better understanding of the food–ecosystem–climate nexus, using this to discuss feasible management strategies. The analysis emphasises that food system transformations and capacity building are necessary to identify and manage various linkages among food, ecosystem, and climate, given the disparities in resource endowments, economies, and science and technology among countries or regions, and a classification–coordination–collaboration management approach would be practically valuable.

Keywords: Climate Change; Food Security; Ecosystem Structure and Processes; Management Strategies; Nexus Approach; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035332847
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.elgaronline.com/doi/10.4337/9781035332854.00026 (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 403 Forbidden

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:23333_22

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.e-elgar.com

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Jack Sweeney ().